In this week’s newsletter: a conservation success story has a sting in its tail as wild pollinators pay the price
Everyone wants to save the bees.
Angelina Jolie put on a beekeeping suit for Guerlain and David Beckham proudly presented the King with a pot of honey from his bees in Oxfordshire. So many people wanting to do good have set up hives in their gardens or on roofs that they have become a symbol of sustainability. Of course, farming honeybees is a great way to make delicious honey, but there is a sting in the tail – keeping hives doesn’t help wild pollinators.
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A tiny town in Idaho dodged incineration in 2024. Will the next wildfire take it out?
Wild bees visit different flowers to balance diet, study shows
The best way to help bees? Don’t become a beekeeper like I did | Alison Benjamin
I was terrified of bees – until the day 30,000 of them moved into my house | Pip Harry
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